Memorial Day weekend in Guernsey and neighboring counties full of events

Published: May 22, 2014 1:00 PM

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Memorial Day -- the "unofficial start of summer" -- is Monday.

The slate of area events is chock full. Among the happenings is the Kelly Miller Circus. The circus rolls into the Beech Grove Family Center for a pair of shows Sunday.

Tickets can be purchased in advance at The Daily Jeffersonian, Dunning Motor Sales, school buildings in the East Guernsey and Rolling Hills local school districts, Cambridge city school buildings, The Flower Box in Caldwell and the Village of Byesville tax office, or online at www.kellymillercircus.com. Cost is $10 for adults, $6 for children.

Tickets at the gate the day of the event cost $15 for adults and $7 for children.

Seniors at area high schools will graduate this weekend as well. John Glenn and Shenandoah high schools will hold graduation ceremonies Saturday. Students at Cambridge, meadowbrook, Caldwell and Buckeye Trail high schools will "walk the aisle" Sunday.

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The Cambridge City Pool is slated to open for the season Saturday, May 24. Regular hours of operation are weekdays and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. Daily admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students and senior citizens (62 and older) and $2 for pre-schoolers. Children one and under are admitted free of charge.

Children not potty trained must wear swim diapers. They can be purchased at the pool or brought from home.

Among the parades slated for the holiday is the annual Cambridge parade, sponsored by the Robert T. Secrest Memorial Post 2901. Line-up will be on Highland Avenue by The Point Restaurant beginning at 9 a.m.

Step-off is scheduled for 10 a.m. The parade will travel west on Wheeling Avenue to the Guernsey County Courthouse for a ceremony.

The Cambridge City Band -- the oldest continuingly operating community band in Ohio -- will be among the entries, and will perform holiday tunes.

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Unity Presbyterian Church will hold an ice cream social in the church parking lot 130 N. Seventh S, following the Cambridge parade. Music will be provided by the band "Men on the Roof." Food and ice cream will be available. Proceeds from the event will be used to support The Salvation Army summer sack lunch project and Young Life.

Other area parades include those in:

BYESVILLE -- Entries are sought for the Memorial Day parade in Byesville. Lineup May 26 is at 1:30 p.m. on Glass Avenue. Step-off is at 2 p.m., with a ceremony to follow at Greenwood Cemetery.

DEXTER CITY -- The Dexter City Memorial Day Parade will be held on Monday. Line-up will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Antique Mall on Route 821. The parade will step off at 11 a.m., ending at Dexter City Park.

The speaker for this year's ceremony is U.S. Army veteran Robert E. Crum. Picnic refreshments donated by the Speece family and the Auxiliary will be served after the ceremony, and those attending are invited to remain.

There will be a 50/50 drawing and memorial poppies will be available for donation to assist in Veteran programs.

QUAKER CITY -- Memorial Day observance will be held May 26. Line-up begins at 10 a.m. at Lingo's Hardware for the walk to Friends Cemetery. Speaker will be Pastor Bud Hines, with prayers led by Pastor Perry Baranich.

Coffee and donuts will follow at the Quaker City Park.

NEWCOMERSTOWN -- The Veterans' Organizations of Newcomerstown have scheduled Memorial Day services Monday at 11 a.m. at West Lawn Cemetery. The service will begin with a march of the veterans and others, led by the Newcomerstown Veterans' Honor Guard.

Master of ceremonies will be Dennis Belle, the adjutant of the American Legion Post and Veterans of Foreign Wars. The student speaker will be Tristen Durr, son of Steve and Debi Durr and a 2014 graduate of Newcomerstown High School.

The main speaker will be Army Sgt. James Sanders, who is stationed in New Philadelphia as the local Army recruiting person.

Following the parades, the Robert T. Secrest Senior Center in Senecaville will host bingo, with a $1,000 coverall and a Starburst Jackpot of $1,199. Games start at 6:15 p.m. and the doors open at 4 p.m.

The Daily Jeffersonian will not publish a newspaper on the holiday, and the business offices will be closed then. Publication and regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., resume May 27.

There will be neither mail delivery nor pickup at the Cambridge post office Monday. The customer service window will be closed that day.

Regular services resume Tuesday.

The lobby is open 24/7.

All area school district will be in recess for the holiday, Rolling Hills Local School District students having attended their final day of classes May 23.